Texas, 2001

Flash Flood in Texas, August 31, 2001

August 31, 2001 · NWS CRP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 31, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1030 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

NO CHANGE TO CONFIGURATION WITH FFA ATM. CELL MERGERS OVER LIVE OAK
AND JIM WELLS COUNTIES HAVE PRODUCED NG 3 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS
THIS MORNING.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN
WEBB COUNTY WILL TRACK OVER THIS AREA AS WELL.  PEEK AT 12Z DATA
SHOWS SUBSIDENCE WORKING INTO WESTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON SO MAY
BE ABLE TO DROP FFA IN THAT AREA FOR AFTERNOON UPDATE.

FOR UPDATE...WILL HAVE CATEGORICAL POPS IN CENTRAL ZONES.  WL DROP
POPS SOME IN FAR EASTERN ZONES ALSO.  NO SIGNIFICANT UPDATE FOR
MARINE.   SCA CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

.CRP...FFA THROUGH THROUGH TODAY TXZ229>234...TXZ239>247
GMZ250-255-270-275...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

AP...72

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, San Patricio

When
August 31, 12:30 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
Where
San Patricio County, Countywide
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
28.009, -97.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several streets and roads throughout the county closed.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5276158.